From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 30 20:22:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls05.mediaone.net (ne.mediaone.net [24.128.1.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 451F415B77 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:22:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sderdau@ne.mediaone.net) Received: from ne.mediaone.net (sderdau.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.252.85]) by chmls05.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA14051 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:22:18 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3701A328.990FA00E@ne.mediaone.net> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:23:04 -0500 From: Stephen Derdau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X11 monitor resolution References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Patrick Seal wrote: > > please always CC to the list too. > > this is the area in my XF86Config: > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Primary Monitor" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 30-86 > VertRefresh 50-130 > Modeline "1600x1200" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 > +hsync +vsync > Modeline "1024x768" 98.9 1024 1056 1216 1408 768 782 788 822 > -HSync -VSync > Modeline "800x600" 69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -hsync > -vsync > Modeline "640x480" 45.8 640 672 768 864 480 488 494 530 > -HSync -VSync > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Driver "svga" > Device "Diamond Viper 330" > Monitor "Primary Monitor" > DefaultColorDepth 16 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > > the 1600x1200 is the default. You can use Ctrl+Alt+Keypad+ or Keypad- to > swich to the alternatives. > > Make sure you have apropriate entries in the Monitor section for the > resolutions. > > Try running XF86Setup or xf86Config to setup this stuff pretty much > automatically > > I recommend doing some more reading on the subject, because it's beyond > the scope of what I feel like teaching. > > ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ > Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make > | really crappy operating systems." > Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds > hosting and Design > > http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org Depending on video card newer or older you may want to downloads XFree86-3.3.3.1 works pretty good with my ati agp video card. Anyway check out XF86Setup to configure your card It will make a backup of /etc/XF86Config if it can start the server The newer version of the server works best !  > > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 gregm@netidea.com wrote: > > > Thankyou Patrick ... I may just be blind but I haven't seen what I'm > > looking for in XF86Config. I've got my monitor configured but would > > like to choose a resolution other then the 640x480 that I'm > > defaulting to. If that is found in XF86Config I'm not recognising it ... > > any farther hints (I'm using 2.2.6 - release at te moment if that is > > significant). > > Thanks, > > Greg. > > gregm@netidea.con > > > > > man XF86Config > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ > > > Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make > > > | really crappy operating systems." > > > Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds > > > hosting and Design > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 gregm@netidea.com wrote: > > > > > > > I'm been trying to find unsuccessfully how to choose the moniter > > > > resolution for xwindows. I not finding any info on it. Could someone > > > > point me in the right direction? > > > > > > > > Thank and regards, > > > > Greg Martin. > > > > gregm@netidea.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- http://www.freebsd.org Great OS & Support http://www.fsf.org seems to be where it all started ? I'm Currently running: FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Tue Oct 27 17:49:33 EST 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message